Hyderabad, June 17 -- Chief ministers from southern India have declared higher assets than their counterparts in northern states, according to data compiled from Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reports and recent election affidavits.

The total declared assets of chief ministers across India's states and Union territories stand at Rs 3613 crore. Out of this, chief ministers from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and Puducherry account for Rs 3028 crore.

Southern CMs own 29 times more than northern peers

Chief ministers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi have declared combined assets of just Rs 104 crore.

It shows that the s...